Last October immediately after the end of the season the Mets fired general manager Omar Minaya. Before Halloween, they hired Sandy Alderson to take his place. With almost a complete baseball season under his belt, let’s take a look back and see how Alderson has done. Here are his major moves, excluding the 2011 Draft, [...]
METS IN SPECS It's a special Back-to-School edition of Card of the Week, wherein we take a quick squint at the history of Mets players wearing prescription glasses on Topps cards. 1962, 1963 Ken MacKenzie Ken looks like he should live in Williamsburg, drink PBR, and listen to a lot of Animal Collective... 1965, 1966 [...]
When I was younger, “sublime” was a word which I had a hard time accepting the definition. It sounded like a word that should describe something that was mediocre, if not worse. If I could travel back in time, I would tell the younger me that the first half of the 2011 season of Jose [...]
Although I’m sure the New York Mets’ brain trust won’t admit it, there must be a little concern over Class A shortstop Wilmer Flores, who entered 2010 as the Mets’ finest young hitting prospect and one of the best youngsters in the lower levels. Flores hit .269/.309/.380, not bad for a kid who just turned [...]
Lucas Duda has unquestionably been one of the bright spots for the Mets in 2011. Not many knew what to expect from Duda after his September call-up in 2010. He looked overmatched his first two weeks and then finished strong, yet his overall numbers for the Mets produced just a .678 OPS. Part of the [...]
Manny Acosta pitched two scoreless innings last night and struck out five of the seven batters he faced. After giving up 9 ER in his first 7.1 IP with the Mets this year, Acosta has allowed just 4 ER in his last 27.2 IP. He has a 1.30 ERA in that stretch with 7 BB [...]
Don’t look now, but the Mets are hot. After beating the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Friday night, the Mets are now 7-1 in their last eight games. While the Mets are far removed from playoff contention, that’s not to say that these September games won’t mean much. The Mets need to reverse their fortunes. And [...]
The Mets completed their deal that sent Francisco Rodriguez to the Brewers for two players to be named later. The new Mets are relievers Danny Herrera and Adrian Rosario. Likely neither player will make a big impact on the major league roster, but in true Sandy Alderson fashion, each of these players offers something that [...]
Last week, I posed the question “Who will the 2012 Mets be?” barring any major additions or subtractions on the player personnel side. Well, now let’s make those additions and/or subtractions. When I say “let’s,” I mean just that: I’ll throw out my opinions as to who should be brought in, and then I’ll throw [...]
As if his tenure with the Mets hasn’t been rough enough, Terry Collins, according to Andy Martino of the Daily News, is toying with the idea of putting Jason Bay in center field for the 2012 season. Well, that has disaster written all over it doesn’t it? While Jason Bay is a good defensive left [...]